This webinar examines the continuum of picky eating and explores reasons why children become “picky” across several developmental domains. The speaker focuses on the oral motor and sensory skills necessary for transitioning from liquids to puree, meltable, and eventually textured table foods within the first year of life. The webinar presents strategies to enable SLPs to identify and treat skill deficits and ultimately decrease the likelihood of a child being labelled as having a “behavioral feeding disorder.”

Learning Objectives:
You will be able to:

• discuss the oral motor and sensory behaviors that need to be assessed during a feeding evaluation with families and colleagues
• list skill deficits that are correlated with eating only liquids, purees, meltable foods, and textured foods
• list types of foods a child would likely prefer or reject based upon their skill deficits

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What is a webinar?

Webinars are slide-based presentation and question-and-answer sessions that you can watch live at a pre-scheduled date and time or on-demand at your leisure after the live event occurs.

Learning assessment

Self-assessment